Background. Research has established the family as the predominant context for child labor
practices. Decisions to involve children in child labor within the family or by a family member …

The City in the Developing World is a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to
urbanisation in developing countries. The goal of this text is to place an understanding of the …

" The World of Child Labor" details both the current and historical state of child labor in each
region of the world, focusing on its causes, consequences, and cures. Child labor remains a …

That childhood is a social construction is understood both by social scientists and in society
generally. The authors of this book examine the political issues surrounding childhood …

This paper engages critically with socio-cultural debates on child labour in sub-Saharan
Africa, with a view toward articulating more comprehensively why young boys and girls …

Abstract “Street children” have come to public attention again as they did in the guise of the
“street Arabs,”“blackguards,” and “war-vagrants” at periods of European history. Is this …

There is nearly universal consensus that child labour is harmful to the development of the
child, however, widespread contention exists on whether child labour is cultural or economic …

In Britain the phrase 'child labour'is associated with the past, with children going up
chimneys and down mines. However, in reality British children continue to perform arduous …

Child labor is a distressing issue. There have been many attempts to estimate its magnitude.
It is attempted here to develop an estimator to assess the magnitude of this issue using a …

The last 40 years has yielded a vast body of literature on street children. In this article, we
reflect on the knowledge accumulated by several generations of scholars and across two …